America’s doors ‘closed’ to asylum seekers – White House (VIDEO)

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America’s doors ‘closed’ to asylum seekers – White House (VIDEO)

Washington has secured key international agreements to reroute migrants to other nations, Trump aide Stephen Miller has said

The US is no longer accepting new asylum seekers, deputy White House chief of staff and Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller said on Friday, after the Supreme Court upheld key parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.

“America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers,” Miller told reporters, commenting on the rulings.

The US has secured international agreements to send asylum seekers to other nations, he said. Asylum claims “always” involve migrants from countries where they are not facing persecution, who often pass through states that could have offered them sanctuary, he added.

“In every case, there are either criminals, benefit seekers, economic migrants, welfare seekers, etc.,” the White House aide said.

The court handed Trump two major immigration wins on Thursday, allowing his administration to turn away new asylum seekers at the Mexican border and ending temporary legal protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants, potentially opening the door to mass deportations.

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15 thoughts on “America’s doors ‘closed’ to asylum seekers – White House (VIDEO)

  1. When you look at the US has secured international agreements to send asylum seekers to other nations, he said, the implications are hard to ignore.

  2. The bigger issue here is washington has secured key international agreements to reroute migrants to other nations, Trump aide Stephen Miller has. That changes the calculation.

  3. The detail about “In every case, there are either criminals, benefit seekers, economic migrants, welfare seekers, etc.,” the White House aide said is something people should sit with.

  4. If the US has secured international agreements to send asylum seekers to other nations, he said, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  5. The detail about “America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers,” Miller told reporters, commenting on the rulings is something people should sit with.

  6. @StephenM just laid out the plan: if you want asylum, the U.S. Meanwhile washington has secured key international agreements to reroute migrants to other nations, Trump aide Stephen Miller has.

  7. Considering @StephenM just laid out the plan: if you want asylum, the U.S, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  8. Think about it: washington has secured key international agreements to reroute migrants to other nations, Trump aide Stephen Miller has. That speaks volumes.

  9. When you look at @StephenM just laid out the plan: if you want asylum, the U.S, the implications are hard to ignore.

  10. In other words “America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers,” Miller told reporters, commenting on the rulings. Curious to see how this develops.

  11. Considering “America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers,” Miller told reporters, commenting on the rulings, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  12. The fact that washington has secured key international agreements to reroute migrants to other nations, Trump aide Stephen Miller has really puts things into perspective.

  13. The fact that the US has secured international agreements to send asylum seekers to other nations, he said really puts things into perspective.

  14. Reading that the US has secured international agreements to send asylum seekers to other nations, he said — hard to argue with the logic there.

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